epiceno

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin epicoenus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίκοινος (epíkoinos), based on κοινός (koinós, “common”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.piˈt͡ʃɛ.no/
  • Rhymes: -ɛno
  • Hyphenation: e‧pi‧cè‧no

Adjective

epiceno (feminine epicena, masculine plural epiceni, feminine plural epicene)

  1. (grammar) common (gender)
    Synonyms: promiscuo, ambigenere

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin epicoenus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίκοινος (epíkoinos), based on κοινός (koinós, “common”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: e‧pi‧ce‧no

Adjective

epiceno (feminine epicena, masculine plural epicenos, feminine plural epicenas)

  1. (grammar, of words for animals) having a fixed grammatical gender

See also

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin epicoenus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίκοινος (epíkoinos), based on κοινός (koinós, “common”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /epiˈθeno/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /epiˈseno/
  • Rhymes: -eno
  • Syllabification: e‧pi‧ce‧no

Adjective

epiceno (feminine epicena, masculine plural epicenos, feminine plural epicenas)

  1. (grammar, of gender) common; epicene

Noun

epiceno m (plural epicenos)

  1. epicene; an epicene word (especially a noun)
    Synonym: nombre epiceno

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